Bill Arnold wrote: > Michael, > > >> With all due respect, I think you've created some imaginary >> walls. Some legit perhaps, but some imaginary. >> > > Please understand that I'm coming from a business, not a technical point > of view. I'm sorting out the optimum way to operate as a VFP product > maker. > > At center stage is the customer, who I define as the small business > operator with a small office and a few machines. In this arena, VFP is > King because no other product dev system can match or beat it - or, fair > to say, we'd be using it. I think it's also fair to say the MS, knowing > this, needed to squish VFP because it threatens sales of their expensive > products. > > Sure, VFP can do C/S and I wouldn't dispute that. What I am arguing is > that from a business/commercial standpoint, it makes more sense to > create standalone and LAN applications for small business operators then > C/S applications for larger customers. That is, to take advantage of > VFP's strength and avoid competing in the league above VFP. I've said it > before, and I stand by it: if I were in business to compete with the Big > Guys, it would be from an IBM-centric position. I've spent a fortune of > time in both worlds and I know that IBM territory is MS's Waterloo. > > Now catch me if I'm wrong, but I thought you've said you can work with > VFP databases as well as other backend DBMS's. This being the case then > I assume you have your product packaged in such a way that it can be > distributed, installed, tested and used by any number of prospective > customers without much of your personal involvement. If so, then we're > really in the same position. If, on top of this, you also support C/S > for customers with suitable environments, I'll call that an added bonus. > I'm just arguing that C/S shouldn't be a base requirement for a > commercial VFP product for this market. > >
I agree that it shouldn't be a requirement. All I was saying is that if you start out with the N-Tier approach, it makes it easier to prototype in VFP and then upscale to C/S if you need to do so for whatever reason. That's all. I wasn't saying one way was better than another. I was merely commenting on the design approach. I agree that the SMBs are my preferred customer, too. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
